Learning Objectives:
1. Overview industrial location theories
2. Overview recent historical patterns of industrial geography
3. Engage contemporary issues surrounding the geography of global industry


This course meets the following General Education Abilities by accomplishing the
specific learning objectives listed below:

Communicate effectively through writing.  This is met by a series of writing 
assignments associated with supplemental reading and data analysis.
 
Communicate effectively through speech.  This is met by oral presentations, 
discussion leading, and classroom participation.

Computer Literacy is addressed through course administration, student-faculty 
electronic interaction, and data analysis activities and assignments.

Critical Thinking is central to the learning objectives of this class, and is 
developed through homework assignments, lecture, classroom discussion, and inquiry-
based learning efforts.

Moral Reasoning (Ethics) is an important element of this course, as it explores 
linkages among industrial activity, economic development, globalizing forces, and 
human welfare.  Moral reasoning is developed through lectures, writing assignments, 
classroom discussion, and inquiry-based learning activities.

Introduction
Neoclassical Theories of Economic Location
Behavioral Theories of Economic Location
Structural Theories of Economic Location
Post-Structural Theories of Economic Location
Development of the Industrial Heartland
Crisis and Deindustrialization
New Industrial Division of Labor
New Industrial Centers
High Technology Location
Regional Competition and Government Incentives
Rise of the Creative Class
Globalization
China